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[la-linguistique-deactivated2015]

French Grammar Masterpost

For easier browsing on this blog, here’s a post of all the grammar points posted or reblogged by this Tumblr, for easier access. These usually deal with intermediate/advanced grammar points, pulled from various sources :

C’est Or Il/Elle Est? - Here

Avoir + Agreement of Past Participle - Here

Using ‘Foutre’ in French - Here

Use of Tenses with Depuis, Il y a and Pendant - Here

Using ‘Putain’ and ‘Merde’ Adjectively - Here

The Relative Pronouns of Qui and Que - Here

Le Versus Lui in French - Here

Use of ‘De’ Versus ‘Des’ in French - Here

The Different Words for ‘Number’ and How To Use Them - Here

Using Quand-Meme in French - Here

French Subjunctive/Indicative - Here

Use of the French Subjunctive - Here

The Construction of Questions in French - Here

Le Passe Compose Avec Y Et En - Here

Imparfait Versus Passe Compose - Here

Temporal Prepositions - Here

When Verb + De + Infinitive - Here

When Verb + A + Infinitive -  Here

Time Based Nouns - Here

Demonstrative Determiners - Here

Proper Nouns in French - Here

For all other miscellaneous grammar posts, the tag can be found: - Here

[colemckenzies]

you can make nearly any object into a good insult if you put ‘you absolute’ in front of it

example: you absolute coat hanger

[ggiornojo]

as well u can just add ‘ed’ to any object and it’s sounds like you were really drunk

example: i was absolutely coat hangered last night

[colemckenzies]

#i was gazeboed mate #i was absolutely baubled

[animatedamerican]

Meanwhile, “utter” works for the first (e.g., “you utter floorboard”) but somehow “utterly” doesn’t seem to work as well for the second (“I was utterly floorboarded”).

[nentuaby]

Utterly doesn’t work for drunk because it’s the affix for turning random objects into terms for *shocked*, obviously.

[animatedamerican]

… huh.  I thought that might just be the similarity to “floored”, and yet “I was utterly coat hangered” does seem to convey something similar.

I have to tell you, I am utterly sandwiched at this discovery.

[thepioden]

Completely makes the phrase mean “super tired”.

“God, it’s been a long week, I am completely coat-hangered.”

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Something is

Something is wrong with our language

[rooksandravens]

Is it a glitch or a feature?

[cranberrybogmummy]

Feature

[maxofs2d]

we don’t have anything like this in French and it offers a range of expressibility that I wish we could properly translate back. it is a feature, i concur

[rebootera]

[setheverman]

i love this so much

[grimbrother]

this the got damn crunchiest bass line ever and i will always reblog this video when i come across it.

[lovelearnkorean]

[pleasequietdown]

No Noise November. everyone shut up

[patrooocle]

Expressing additional information: ~만 해도 (Grammar)

This expression is used when providing examples to explain a situation or statement made previously. It is equivalent in meaning to the phrases ~의 경우만 봐도 and ~만 하더라도. Time words are often followed by ~전만 해도.

오늘만 해도 벌써 밥 4 그릇이나 먹었는걸요. Just considering today, I probably already ate 4 bolws of rice.

10년 전만 해도 상상도 못하던 일이었죠. This is something that couldn’t have happened even 10 years ago.

나는 지난 달까지만 해도 햄스터 2마리가 있었다. I had two hamsters just until last month.

나만 해도 여섯 개의 메시지를 남겼다. (Just considering myself,) I’ve already left six messages.

[geneetierneys]

due to personal reasons i have decided to stop making sense to anyone. i will not be accepting constructive criticism nor will i be taking any questions at this or any other time

[lilllate-deactivated20200423]

Being a languages’ whore is so impractical like you convince yourself it’s totally reasonable to learn a whole new language just so you can read that one book in the original text.

[henrydoeslanguages]

THIS combined with academia =  “oh im sure i can get through this one teeny paper in X language ive never learnt so I can include it in my lit review”  many days, grammars and tears later

“ah so this is what it feels like to have your knowledge colonised”

[muffyblogs]

Do you ever cycle through the same 4 apps on your phone over and over again and feel like a tiger pacing its cage at the zoo

[teratomarty]

If you’re doing this, it is because you, like the tiger, need enrichment and variety in your life. May I suggest cramming just a whole bunch of raw hamburger into a pumpkin and rolling it around your enclosure?

[languagessi-deactivated20210423]

Langblr community vocabulary in Japanese

Based on my Finnish vocabulary list.  多言語ブログ [たげんごブログ] - language blog ブログ - blog ブロガー - blogger タンブラー - tumblr コミュニティ - community オタク - nerd 言語 [げんご] - language 母国語 [ぼこくご] - native language 目標言語 [もくひょうげんご] - target language 語学 [ごがく] - foreign language study  言語学 [げんごがく] - linguistics 文化 [ぶんか] - culture 文法 [ぶんぽう] - grammar 語彙 [ごい] - vocabulary 辞書 [じしょ] - dictionary 文房具 [ぶんぼうぐ] - stationery リソース - resources ウェブサイト - website アプリケーション - application 本 [ほん] - book 助言 [じょげん] - advice 質問 [しつもん] - question 答え [こたえ] - answer 画像 [がぞう] - picture, image ビデオ,  動画 [ビデオ, どうが] - video 音楽 [おんがく] - music チャレンジ - challenge アンケート - questionnaire ミーム - meme 冗談 [じょうだん] - joke ムードボード - moodboard チャット - chat ブログを書く [ブログをかく] - to blog 勉強する [べんきょうする] - to study 学ぶ [まなぶ] - to learn 教える [おしえる] - to teach 説明する [せつめいする] - to explain 練習する [れんしゅうする] - to practice 上達する [じょうたつする] - to improve 直す [なおす] - to correct 話す [はなす] - to speak 聞く [きく] - to listen 書く [かく] - to write 読む [よむ] - to read 翻訳する [ほんやくする] - to translate 通訳する [つうやくする] - to interpret 議論する [ぎろんする] - to debate 質問する [しつもんする] - to ask 答える [こたえる] - to answer 手伝う [てつだう] - to help 助言する [じょげんする] - to advice 勧める [すすめる] - to recommend 応援する [おうえんする] - to support 旅行する [りょこうする] - to travel 友達を作る [ともだちをつくる] - to make friends 多様な [たような] - diverse 多言語の [たげんごの] - multilingual 親切な [しんせつな] - friendly 寛容な [かんような] - tolerant 勤勉な [きんべんな] - hardworking 人気がある [にんきがある] - popular 楽しい [たのしい] - fun

[gemuetlich-keit]

German-English Transitions

Erstens – first of all

Zweitens – second

Drittens – third

Nicht nur…, sondern auch… – Not only…, but also…

Je…, desto… - The…, the… (the more, the better)

jemand – someone

niemand – no one

überall – everywhere

nirgendwo – nowhere

irgendwo – somewhere

ab und zu – now and then

endlich, zum Schluβ –  finally

schlieβlich – after all 

nachher, danach –  after, after that

auf jeden Fall, jedenfalls –  at any rate, in any case

zuletzt – at last, lastly

wenigstens, mindestens – at least

damals – at that time, back then

gleichzeitig, zur gleichen Zeit – at the same time

vorher, früher – before

übrigens – by the way

endlich, am Ende, zum Schluβ –  finally

zum Beispiel, beispielweise – for example

zum ersten (zweiten, dritten, …) Mal – for the first (second, third, …) time

auβerdem – furthermore

doch, jedoch – however

daneben, auβerdem – in addition 

zukünftig, in der Zukunft – in the future

stattdessen – instead of that

eher – just as soon, more likely

gerade, eben – just now

trotzdem, jedoch –  nevertheless, in spite of

im Gegenteil –  on the contrary

auf der eine Seite, einerseits - on the one hand

auf der anderen Seite, andererseits – on the other hand

im Groβen und Ganzen – on the whole, overall

einmal – once, one time

sonst –  or else

vor kurzem, neulich – recently

seitdem, seither – since then

bald, zunächst – soon

noch –  still

dann – then

also, deshalb, deswegen –  therefore (for that reason)

bisher –  up to now

With AP tests coming up this week in the US, here’s a list of really good transitional words to use in the persuasive essay portion of the German AP test.

[mykanji-a-day]

側

※   ソク

※   かわ、がわ、そば

※   side, lean, oppose, regret

北側 • きたがわ • north side, north bank

内側 • うちがわ • inside, interior, inner part

側 • そば • near, close, beside, vicinity, while

[glumshoe]

Sitting at a table with my hands folded in front of me and a placid expression on my face while an adult man passionately and incoherently argues with me while a female coworker hides a smirk behind her hand and winks at me is… an experience.

[hogwartsconsultingtimelady]

I’m glad you got to have such a quintessentially female experience. All of us have… a Look™️ we share when a man is blathering at one of us and thinks we should be hanging on every word.

[glumshoe]

I don’t think I can describe the look on his face when I explained that “logic" is a value-neutral system of getting from a premise to a conclusion, and that “stupid” human behaviors can still have consistent internal logic.

“There’s nothing logical about wearing jeans with holes in them!” he insisted.

“That depends,” I said. “Do you accept that wearing ‘fashionable’ clothing aids in securing social acceptance, and that ‘ripped-up jeans’ are generally regarded as fashionable? Then saying that ‘wearing ripped-up jeans helps gain social acceptance’ is logically sound, even if you and I both think that ripped-up jeans are tacky, or that this kind of social acceptance isn’t a desirable goal. Those are subjective opinions.”

He really didn’t like that. He also didn’t like when I told him that he cannot make a valid counterpoint to what I have to say if he interrupts me before I can say it.

[neurodivergent-crow]

My hero

[vassraptor]

You also win for having enough self control not asking him how he puts his legs into his jeans if they have no holes.

[nihongoaesthetic]

三角コーナー「さんかくコーナー」🥔 garbage container in the corner of the sink 🥕

🥦🍅

例「れい」(example):

三角コーナーがいっぱいです。

「さんかくコーナー」がいっぱいです。

The sink garbage is full.

[bangedbysatan-deactivated201909]

Tumblr would enjoy this I thought

[bangedbysatan-deactivated201909]

I love reading how my video of my dogs cured people’s depression. They’re so wholesome.

[anybodyandsomebody]

Dog 1: Mesmerized, pure, wholesome

Dog 2: Absolute madman

[forestwildflower-deactivated202]

I’ve watched this 5 times and each time is better than the last

[cheesethesecond]

Here’s something I wanna say real quick, while I’m feeling salty: Amazon has totally contributed to the devaluation of literature. Those prices you see, the $13 they’re asking you to pay for a hardcover book? Those are deep, DEEP discounts that they’re able to implement because they don’t collect sales tax if they can get away with it, they don’t contribute money to the communities where they have a physical presence, they have shitty labor practices, Jeff Bezos has more money than god, etc. 

(Read this report from the Institute for Self-Reliance if you really want to get into how they’re hurting the economy.)

They’re so omnipotent at this point that they’ve normalized the discounted prices for books as the standard. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had someone come up to me and tell me what the price on Amazon is, expecting me to match it. The number of times I’ve been told, “Oh, it’s cheaper on Amazon, I’ll just get it there.” Even at author events, where book sales DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE to whether or not that bookstore will be able to get more authors in.

So when you go into a bookstore, and you’re asked to pay $27 for a hardcover, remember: THAT IS THE COVER PRICE. Set by the publishers. The bookstore is not upcharging you. They are asking you to pay the value of the book. Amazon’s low prices come with a cost. Please, just keep that in mind. 

(I made a post with options for buying books online that aren’t Amazon. Check it out!)

[allofthefeelings]

This is a great post, and I just want to point out: publishers aren’t upcharging you either.

The cost of the book is the advance for the author, it’s the salaries for all the people who work on it (including editors, yes, but also designers and marketers and publicists and lawyers and accountants and everyone else who makes sure publishing works). It’s the cost of printing the books and the materials to print those books on and the warehouses to store those books in. It’s keeping the literal lights on.

No one in the book business, from the author to the publisher to the bookseller, is making themselves rich off your money. This is the cost to survive. Amazon is running at a deficit because they can make up the cost with other things they do, and because once they run everyone else out of business, they’ll be the only game in town and can charge whatever they damn well please.

[sanspatronymic]

And please, please do not ask a bookstore (especially an indie bookstore) if they “price match.” It’s so insulting.

Amazon routinely sells books at or *below* wholesale cost. Meaning that when you ask a bookstore to ‘price match’ Amazon, you’re literally asking them to give you the book for free, or even take a financial loss on it. 

‘So how can Amazon do it?’ you ask? The answer is Amazon does not care about losing money. It sells goods at a loss continuously. (Don’t believe me? Just search “Amazon quarterly losses” and you can find article after article about this) Why? Because its goal isn’t to sell the most things, it’s goal is to be the only place where you CAN buy things. They gouge prices on goods to a point where brick and mortar retailers absolutely cannot compete and they do it with the singular goal of eliminating competition.

Things have value. They represent many people’s time and labor. For books, specifically, they represent tremendous cultural worth that extends far beyond the value of the paper they’re printed on. We have to appreciate the value of goods and be willing to pay a fair price that will support and nurture industries. 

It’s ok to be upset that you can’t afford $26 for a new hardcover, but make sure that that anger is directed, not at the people whose labor makes books possible, but at the people on top (like Jeff Bezos) who have devalued your own labor such that you can’t afford it.

[ddrvbiblgigb]

[garfield-baybee]

Reblog to have something good happen at 1:42 tomorrow

[mildlyautisticsuperdetective]

I saw this before I left work last night and had a quiet hope, and today I checked my phone at about quarter to two, while I was still on my lunch break, and I’ve just got a job interview with the BBC next week

I’m not a big believer in anything much but I’m so happy holy shit. So like unrelated note but something real good happened to me at 1.42 today lol

[gwomped-deactivated20200724]

Can’t take any chances these days

[mysticalcoffeequeen]

Here goes